EntryCommonJLPT N3WaniKani 37
  1. Godan verb with 'u' ending, Intransitive verb

    to make war (on); to wage war (against); to go to war (with); to fight (with); to do battle (against)

    esp. 戦う

    おまえも決して戦う拳を忘れるな。
    Never lose your fighting fists.
  2. to compete (against)

    esp. 戦う

  3. to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight; to contend; to resist

    esp. 闘う

Also written 闘う【たたかう】、斗う【たたかう】

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Characters in this word

1
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

war, battle, match

Kun
いくさ、たたか.う、おのの.く、そよ.ぐ、わなな.く
On
セン
Strokes
13
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
78 of 2500
Radical
spear
WaniKani
Level 11

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Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-9-4SKIP code
4n9.2The Kanji Dictionary
3355.0, 9355.0Four corner code
959deroo
6226Unicode hex code
1-32-79JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1810Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2037New Nelson (John Haig)
1787New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2242Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1169Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1590Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1929Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2079Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
88A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
399Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11631PMorohashi
526A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
301Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
301Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
448sakade
550Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
555henshall3
608Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
32crowley
360Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
839Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1948Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zhan4Pinyin reading
jeonKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
11WaniKani level